Exam 8: Cognitive Abilities: Individual Tests

We can interpret a correlation coefficient in terms of the "percent of variance accounted for." Using this method, the correlation r = .60 accounts for what percent of variance?

Which of these is considered a major advantage of the individually administered as opposed to group administered cognitive ability test. The individual test ___.

Which term does NOT occur among the elements usually listed in definitions of "intelligence"?

The traditional cut-score for defining intellectual disability on the IQ scale is around ___.

Correlations of PPVT scores with total scores on lengthier measures of cognitive ability are, in general ___.

Hierarchical models of intelligence attempted to seek a compromise between ___.

The PPVT purports to be a measure of ___.

Which statement best describes how the Vineland is administered?

The correlation between scores on cognitive ability tests at infancy and at adolescence is

Which statement best describes the comparison of WAIS and WISC in terms of names of subtests included in each?

Correlations between performance on an intelligence test and job performance tend to be in the range ___.

The growth curve for average scores on the PPVT peaks around age ___.

According to the textbook, how many studies have been conducted on the relationship between performance on intelligence tests and standing on some external, real-world criterion?

Current cognitive ability tests have relied increasingly on what model of intelligence?

The target age range (in years) for the WISC is ___.

"Why do we have speed limits on highways?" Such a question might occur in which WAIS subtest?

The Wechsler Memory Scale was jointly normed with ___.

Basically, Thurstone and Spearman were arguing over the degree of ___.

Some subtests on the Wechsler scales are optional. They may be used when ___.

One of the crucial differences between adaptive behavior scales and tests of cognitive ability is that the adaptive behavior scales try to measure ___.